Insert feeding and cutting device



H. A. W. WOOD.

INSERT FEEDING. AND CUTTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31-, 1919.

1,392,470. Patented 00a 4,1921.

ing books, magazines, and newspapers which are made up of several signatures, vary ng in character of paper and number of pages,

UNITED STATES HENRY A. WISE woon, or NEw YORK,

"PATENT OFFICE.

N. 1., AssIGNoEZ r0 001) NE'wsrArER,

MACHINERY CORPORATION, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A ooRroRA'rioN'or VIRGINIA.

INSERT FEEDING AND CUTTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Original application filed September 7, 1910, Serial No.]5 80,870. Patent No. 1,232,639, dated-.J'uly 10, I

1917. Divided and application filed June 29', 1917, Serial No. 177,652. Divided and this application filed January 31, 1919. Serial No. 274,218.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it knownthat I, HENRY A. WisE WooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York in the county of New York and State of llew York, have invented a new and useful Insert Feeding and Cutting Device, of which the following is. a specification. V

This is a division of my application for patent, Serial No. 177,652 filed June 29, l p

' vice shown for feeding sheets which have been previously 1917, which in turn is adivision of my PatentNo. 1,232,639 granted July 10,1917, on a machine for makin magazines and the like filed Sept. 7, 1910, erial'No. 580,870.

This invention relates to the art of printtogether with inserts of one-or more leaves. The principal objects of this invention the above mentioned patent. The invention also involves improvements 1n combinations of parts and detailsof construction as will ap ear. v

. eference is to be had theaccompany 'ingdrawing, which. is a diagrammatic side 7 view of part of a magazine making'machine constructed in accordance wlth th s invention with arrangements for feeding an insert to the front' or back of the sheets from two of thedecks of the press.

' It is to be understood thatthepresses or decks referred to in my above mentioned cases need 'not be of the same character, as

it is one express purpose of those inventions p case t is delivered to the gathering device R V to provide for using many types of printing presses inthefsame "machine. In this characterof work it is common to use both flat sheet bed and rotary web,press ,v and it is preferred that the ordinary high-speed web presses be employed for the work that has been described abojve, Land that flat designed for that purpose. The present, in-

vention is produced for the purpose of employing work from the low speed flat presses for the purpose of supplying inserts and of doing so either with or without a sheet of tissue paper. It will 'be understood, of

course, that these inserts may consistv ofa single sheet 1or a double sheet folded once to form a signature of two sheets, or twice to form one of four sheets, etc. 1

In the form shown an insert feeding dedoin a high class of work. These fiat sheets are ed by hand or mechanically from a feed boardg. They may be of from two to sixteen pages, or'even more. They are fed between gages in the usual way to rolls 1 and are controlled by feed gages 2 so that Y the sheets are fed ;forward one at a time along a tape-run wav '3. If tissue sheets are to be introduced, as is shown in-this case; they are supplied with a line of paste by means of'a paste bladewl which moves to and from a paste r0115. The'ti'ssue web 6 is fed at the proper speed to cutting cylinders 7 and cut up into, sheets, and then. fed totapes 8 into contact with the insert sheets.

They are then fed along. therunway to either 'of two cutting, collecting and'fol'ding cylinders 1*, being directed in the desired'path by a switch 9. It will be seen that the web a or a also can be fed to the same cutting,

collecting and folding device F as the insort, and that the insert is fed onthe inside of the web or on the outside so as to form what is technically known as an insert in one case and an onset in the other. In either with the signature formed" from the web of oneof the decks ofacooperatingjpress. Means are shown for cutting the tissue web ,6 into sheets of different lengths, and paste is applied to the tissuesheets insteadof to the insert. One cutting cylinder 1 0is shown to cut off two page lengths, and. another 11 to cut off one page lengths" The ,proper one of these cylinders is thrown into contact The combined cuttingjcollecting and foldwith the large groovedcvlinderasdesired. I

jc ylinder fflhaspins f for carrying the ing devices canbe constructed as is now common in this industry, the form shown comprising a folding cylinder 7 and a cutting andcollectingcylinder f The pins on the sheets around to be folded. Folding blades f operate in the usual manner to. fold the sheets into the rolls f, cam rolls f being employedasusual. The folded signature is' guided by the guides f to the gathering drum Where it is received by pins r, grippers or the like. In this case these pins are shown as mounted on. levers r actuated by springs r to transfer thev signatures'to the gathering drum R. These levers have rollers r which are operated by a earn 1 (not shown) tolwithdrawthe pins periodithe gatheringdevice to, take the signatures from the, several printing machines or decks and, deliver them to the gathering device which takes them up and delivers'them in .theprop'er order to the delivery cylinder cally. Itiwill be understood, of course, that other equivalents .of. this mechanism can be employed solong'as a plurality of elements are locatedralong the .operating surface .of

which willbe described hereinafter.

Whaterier form of press is used for pro-Q 'ducing} the main product and the ordinary signatures. of the magazine, and whatever inserts and smaller signatures, it will be obvious that these various products will. be

delivered one by one to the gathering drum .in a, predetermined. order, andthat during a complete revolution thereof the entire magazine will be applied to it, except the cover.

While 'I haveillustrated and described only one form ofthe invention and of dif- 5O lferent parts thereof, I am aware that many modifications can be made and that as far as most, of the features of the invention are jconcerned, they do not depend upon the details of construction. Therefore 'I do not wish to be limited to the details of con-' struction shown, except asexpressed' in the claims, but whatI do claim isz+ V 1. In a pr nting press,ythe Combination with means for receiving insert s'heets of means'for feeding a web, a cylinder forrein th e a plura i y c gcy nde'rseachadapted tobe brought into-operative-engagement with said cylinder for dividing the web into sheetsysaid cutting 1 desh iring I fi ent, num ers of w ting knives thereon, andmeansfor associating the sheets cut thereby with the insert sheets.

2..In a machine of'the character. described, the. combination with means jfor receiving insert sheets of a grooved cylinder for receiving a web, a cutting cylinder having a single knife thereon movable to and from operative position with respect .to the grooved cylinder, a second'cutting cylinder having a plurality of ,knivesthereonmovable to and from operative position with re spect to the grooved cylinder, and means for associating the sheets cut therebywith the insert sheets.

3. In an insert feeding device the combination with means for. 1 receiving. insert sheets of means forcutting up the web nto.

sheets, comprising a cylinder for receiving ,aweb, two movable. cutting cylinders, one

having one knife and the other having two knives, each cutting cylinder being adapted ;to be brought into cooperative relation to.

the first named cylinder when the" otheriis out of operation, and, means for associating the sheets cut thereby with the insert sheets. 4. In an insertfand tissue: feeding, device,

one set ,of sheets, {means for feeding the other web, means for cutting the web-into sheets, means for pasting one set of sheets,

means for feeding the-other .sheets int contact with the pasted sheets, vtwo. cutting and collectingdevices, means for feeding the insert and tissue sheets to eitherofsaid de- ;vices, and afgatheringdevice for receiving signatures froni both of, said devices 5.11am insert feeding device, the ,com- .bination ofa runway for receivingthe insert sheets, means for feeding a. tissue 1 web, two cutting. cylinders either one being adapted ithecconibinatioi of a runwayfor. receiving to be placed in operative position, each one either of said devices, and. a' gathering device for receiving signatures from both of.

saiddevics I i V 7 6; In an insert feeding device, .the combination 'of arunway .for receiving, the insert sheets, means for -feeding :a tissue web,

means 'for cutting the 1 tissue into. sheets,

means for pastingthe tissue sheets, means for feeding the 'cut ftissuesheets into contactwiththe' insert sheets, two. cutting and collecting devices, means for feeding the insert and tissuefsheets to either of said devices, meansjfor. feeding 'a printed web to one of said devicesrtoreceive the inserton one s de-of t, and a gathering device for receiving s gnatures froniboth of sa'id devices.

beingadapted to cutthe tissue into difier- 1 ent lengths, ineans for ipasting the tissue sheets, means for feeding the pasted tissue sheets into contact'lwith the 'insertsheets,' two [cutting and collecting devices, means v'for feeding theinsertand tissue sheets-to 7. In an insert feeding device, the combination of a runway'for receiving the insert sheets, means for feeding a tissue web, two cutting cylinders either one being adapted to be placed in operative position, each on being adapted to cut the tissue into different lengths, means for pasting the tissue sheets, means for feeding the asted tissue sheets into contact with the insert sheets, collecting devices, means for feeding the insert and tissue sheets to said devices, and a gathering device for receiving signatures from said devices.

' 8. In an insert and tissue feeding device, the combination of a runway for receiving one set of sheets, means for feeding the other web, means for cutting the web into sheets, means for pasting one set of sheets, means for feeding the other sheets into contact with the pasted sheets, collecting devices, means for feeding the insert and tissue sheets to said devices, and a athering device for receiving signatures rom said devices.

9. In an insert and tissue feeding device, the combination of a runway for receiving one set of sheets, means for feeding the other web, means for cutting the web into sheets, means for pasting one set of sheets, means for feeding the other sheets into contact with the pasted sheets, collecting devices, means for feeding the insert and tissue sheets to said devices, means for feedinga web from a high speed press to said devices, and a gathering device for receiving signa tures from said devices.

10. In an insert feeding device, the combination of a runway for receiving the insert sheets, means'for feeding a tissue web, two cutting cylinders either one being adapted to be placed in operative position, each one being adapted to cut the tissue into different lengths, means for pasting the tissue sheets, means for feeding the pasted tissue sheets into contact with the insert sheets,

collecting devices, means for feeding the insert and tissue sheets to said devices,

Vmeans for feeding a web from a high speed press to said devices, and a gathering device for receiving signatures from said devices.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature. 1 V

' HENRY A. WISE woon 

